Shopping and traveling bag



F. P. DWYER SHOPPING AND TRAVELING BAG Sept; 25

Filed July 21, 1922 ATTORNEYS,

Patented Sept. 25, 19235.

barren stares runners r. lawyers, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOPPING" AND TRAVELENG BAG.

Application filed July 21,

the city and county of Philadelphia, State.

of Pennsylvania, have invented a new'and useful Shopping and Traveling of which the following isa specification.

My invention consists of a bag for shopping or traveling purposes, the same being adapted to be carried by hand or over shoulder, as will be hereinafter set forth.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but the important instrumentalities thereof may be 1 varied, and so it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specilic details shown and described, as long they. are within the spirit or scope of the claims. s

Figure 1 represents a partial tion and partial side elevation of a bag embodying my invention for shopping purposes. V

Figure 2 represents a perspective view partially in section showing the device converted'into a traveling bag.

Figures 3 and 4 represent side elevations of members employed. detached from their positions 7 Figure 5 represents a vertical section on line 55 Figure 3.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings. 1 designates the body of a bag, and 2 and 3 designate the handles thereof, both being of conventional form, the handle 2 being however detachably connected with the body,- and the handle 3 being fixed thereto.

The detachable end'oi the handle 2 has secured to it the plate 4: on whose inner side is the threaded nipple 5 which is tcrined with or otherwise secured thereto, and e);-

tends inwardly-therefrom towards the open-- ing 6 in the adjacent portion of the side wall 7 of theibag and is engaged by a nut- 7 like member 8'aocessible on the inner side of said wall of the bag, said member having thereon the operating handle 9. The mem ber 8 is swivelled as at 10 on the plate ll whichis riveted or otherwise secured to the inner side of the adjacent portion of the wall 7 of the bag and braced by the plate 12 connected with the outer side of said wall 7.

It will now be seen that when the detachvertical sec- 1922. Serial No. 576,444.

able end of the handle 2 is in norn al p s tion, the nut-like member 8 is screwed to he nipple 5 and as member is carried by the plate 11 and the latter is secured to the .ivall 7 of the bag, as has been stated,

said end ofthe detachablehandle is connected with said wall, and thus the bag may be carried by the two handles 2 and 3 as usual in a shopping bag.

Connected with the detachable end of the handle 2 is the strap 13 which extends there from and is of such length that it may be folded in the bag, this being occasioned when the strap is not in use, said strap entering the bag through the slit 14 in the upper portion of the wall 7 of the bag.

The strap is of such length that when it is withdrawnfrom the bag, it forms with the handle 2 a loop, see Figure 2, sufficiently large to be placed over the shoulder adapting the bag for traveling purposes.

-In order to permit the strap to be withdrawn from the bag is stripped from the nut like member 8 and the latter is unscrewed from the nipple 5, hence the de tachable end of the strap 2 is no longer connected with the wall 7 of the bag and said strap may be removed from said wall and raised carrying with it the strap 13. The latter is thus drawn out from the bag to its required extent to the position shown in Figure 2. In order to prevent disconnection of the strap from the bag, a series of slits or openings such as 15 are made at intervals in the length of the strap either of which according to the distance that the strap is withdrawn may receive the nutlike member 8 which when partially turned by the handle 9 causes the latter to engage the adjacent portion of the strap within the bag to be locked by said handle, a shown in the lower portion of Figure 2. Then the strap 13 at the proper opening 15 therein may be fitted over the handle and nut like member 8, 9 so as to keep said portion close to the inner side of the wall 7 of the bag and thus not to interfere with entrance into the mouth of the bag when open.

It is evident that when the bag is opened, the strap 13 may be reinserted in the body thereof, thus drawing down the end of the handle 2 to its normal position when the nipple 5 may be inserted into the opening 6 in the wall 7 in register with the nut-lilre member 8. Then the latter is screwed to the nipple and so said end of the handle2 is again connected with the wall 7 when the bag may he carried again by the handles 2 and 3 as appearing in Figure 1. 7

As the nut-like member is swivelled on the plate it may be readily rotated. thereon in either direction and is not liable to be detached therefrom and lost.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: 1. In a bag, a body having a carrying handle, one end of which is" fixed to the body, and the other'end thereof is detacheil from said body, a strap connected with the detached end of said handle, said body havable into the body and out of the same, a member on the body for locking said strap in either of its positions on the body, and a member on the detached end of said handle enga cable with said body for locking said detac ied end on said body.

2. In a bag, a body having a carrying handle, one end of whichis fixed to said body, and the other end is detached therefrom, a strapconnected with the detached end of said handle, and a device on the body for locking said strap in either of its positions on the body, and a device'on the de-- tached end of said handle 'engageable with the device on said body for locking the said end to the latter. 7

A bag of the character stated consistlng an inlet adapting the strap to be slid-I 'ing of a'body having a carrying handle, an

end whereof 1s detachable-1mm said body,

a nipple on the inner side of said end, a nutlike member on the inner wall of said body 4. 'A'bag of the character statedconsist ing of a body having a carrying handlefan end whereof 1s detachable from saldfbody, a nipple on said end, a plate on the inner wall of said body attachedthereth, and a nut-like member engageable with said nipple, said member being swivelled on said plate whereby said end may be securedto said body and made detachable therefrom.

5. A bag of the'character, stated consis ing of a body having a carrying. handle, an end whereof is detachable 'frornsaidcbody, a nipple on said end, and a nut-like memher on the Wallof saidjbody adapted to engage said nipple and thereby secure said of the body.

Witnesses; I

JOHN A. Wmnnesrmrm, N. BUSSINGER. V

end of the handle to the adjacent portion i FRANCIs P. nwrn'n 

